Pictures Dated 3rd January 2008

David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer, 1905. Artist: Unknown

David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer, 1905. Garrick is seen here leaning on a bust of William Shakespeare. From The Connoisseur magazine (April 1905).

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Liverpool's swords and wooden staves, 1910. Artist: Unknown

Liverpool's swords and wooden staves, 1910. From left to right: Liverpool's sword of state with hilt and quillons of silver, 1763; two wooden staves with silver-guilt mounts, 1745; and Liverpool's oldest sword, 1659. From The Connoisseur magazine (1910).

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